Language A: language and literature lnternal Assessment
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Global issue: “The violation of human rights through abuse of power.”
Texts chosen
Literary work: Kei Miller, 23 may 2017, Augustown
Non-literary
Body of work: Adam Zyglis, 6 february 2019, The State of the Union is strong
Nowhere he could think of did verandahs quite like the colonies, and none of
the colonies did verandahs quite like Jamaica. He knew it was the thing he
would miss most when it was time for him to be reassigned. The garden had
been full of birds of paradise, bougainvillea and the red poinsettia that
signalled the Christmas season. It was a pleasant evening, and with the help
of the sherry he was sipping, Probyn was inclined to think of these flowers
as more beautiful than any English rose. “He had been ensconced in
conversation with the hostess of the night. As protocol dictated, Mr. Peabody,
his secretary and assistant, stood to one side. Probyn was complimenting
the hostess on the evening and she, with appropriate deference, was
thanking His Excellency for gracing them with his presence. Out of the corner
of his eye, Probyn spotted Richard Azaar stomping in. He was a brash
businessman whom Probyn didn’t particularly like, but he was powerful, and
so the governor knew he had to tolerate him. Azaar was clutching a book in
one hand and his wife in the other; he held both of them like trophies.” “Leslie!
Leslie, my good man!” Azaar shouted from across the room. Probyn
grimaced at the familiarity. Azaar stomped his way towards the group. He
was now holding the book above his head. “Leslie! Have you read this? I
brought this copy just for you! Didn’t I, Diana? Didn’t I say we would surely
see Leslie tonight, and I had to put this book in his hands?” His wife nodded.
“Yes, you did say that, darling.” Crass bastard! Probyn thought to himself.
“Have you read it yet, Leslie? Imagine, this is how these damn Yanks see us.
Have you read it?” “Mr. Azaar, might you be so kind as to actually show me
the piece of literature you’re referring to? I may have read it; I may not have.
I’m rather in the dark here.”
But Probyn already had a fair idea of what the book was. Between 1917 and
1918, a fellow by the name of ” “Harry A. Franck had been skipping from
Caribbean island to Caribbean island. Now, two years later, he had published
a book about those travels, Roaming Through the West Indies. It had been
creating quite a stir. Azaar shoved the book into the governor’s hands. “This
book, man! For godsake. This book. Roaming Through the Blasted West
Indies. You have to read it, and then we have to talk. And let me tell you what
the awful thing is. The fucker is bloody right. Excuse my language, ladies.
But every goddamn word of it! I’m tired of saying it, you know, Leslie. And
mark you, you’re not the first governor I’ve said it to but these Jamaican
negroes are spoiling things for everybody!”
Texts chosen
Literary work: Kei Miller, 23 may 2017, Augustown
Non-literary
Body of work: Adam Zyglis, 6 february 2019, The State of the Union is strong
https://www.cagle.com/adam-zyglis/2019/02/the-state-of-the-union-is-strong
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